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The Castle of Paraggi and its “double life”: evolutions and metamorphosis of a “suspended” architecture
Get PDF[EN] Eastern Liguria, a sometimes harsh and inhospitable place, encompasses some of the most beautiful
landscape realities of the region, thanks to the presence of the sea and of an unexpected scenery. In
some cases, land and water are connected, clearly showing the challenges that Man had to face in order
to dominate Nature. In these cases, these forms of anthropization can turn their constraints into potentials. In this context, in a gulf such as the one between Rapallo and Portofino, outposts arose as observers to protect the neighboring territory, characterized by docks and, consequently, a suitable area for
trade and for pirate incursions.
For these reasons, military-style architectural structures arose, both defensive and of sighting, depending on the building site, then, in the sixteenth century coordinated and transformed into a real defensive
system, by the will of the Republic of Genoa. Here, then, we can find the castle of Rapallo, the tower of
Saint Michael of Pagana, the Castle of Santa Margherita, the Castle of Paraggi and finally that of Portofino, each one with its own identity and events, but connectable to the others, if only for the territorial
belonging to an extremely particular site as for organicity and homogeneity.
This is what the study of the Castle of Paraggi underlines, as it was built on the cliff overlooking the
sea that has enjoyed a “double life” based on highlighting the latent diametrically opposed potential:
born for the defense of the land from sea incursions, later on it was converted into a residence, conceptually transforming its position from a dominating into a reserved one, from an outpost on the sea clearly visible, to a place hidden on the land, from public to private. Over the centuries, the change in the
function and life of the castle, has therefore been introducing changes to the facies and the composition
of its appearance through the different stages of its evolution.Falcidieno, ML.; Ruggiero, ME. (2020). The Castle of Paraggi and its “double life”: evolutions and metamorphosis of a “suspended” architecture. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 1167-1176. https://doi.org/10.4995/FORTMED2020.2020.11480OCS1167117
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